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` A. T. VANNERSON.

BABY CARRIAGE.

Patented Aug. s, 1886.

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ALFRED T. VANNERSON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BABY-CARRIAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 346,790, dated August 3, 1886.

Application filed January 28, 1886. -Serial No. 190,016. (No model.) l

To all whom it may concern:

E@ it known that I, ALFRED TYVANNER.

SON, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Baby-Carriages, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of baby-earriages, in which the body ofthe carriage is in two parts,hinged together7 as Will hereinafter fully appear.

In the drawings forming a part hereof, Figure l is an exterior side view of the improved carriage; and Fig. 2, a cross-section of Fig. l, taken on the dotted line w x. v l

A is the body of the carriage made of Wickerwork; and it consists of the sides a d, bottom I), and foot-piece c. The upper end of the body is open, and the sides a are beveled toward that point.

B is the headpieee, formed of the segmental sides d d and the head-board e. This headpiece is hinged Yatff to the bottom b, and the segmental side pieces are arranged to be on the outside of the body A. By having the side pieces on the outside of the body, the body -is not reduced in width, and the upholstering of the body not interfered with. Further, this arrangement admits ofthe head-piece having a greater movement than if the sides d Were placed between the sides a of the body. By having the sides a a beveled or inclined to- Ward the open end of the body and the junetion of the said sides with the bottom b, as shown, there is no surface to come in contact With the head-board e, as the latter is brought 35 into a vertical position. Consequently the elo'thingof the child cannot interfere With the free movement of the head-piece, and the childs hands will not be in danger of injury by the closing upon them ofthe opposing surfaces. i

C C are curved rods,seeured to the edges of the segmental sides d of the head-piece, and D D are clamps projecting from the body A, through which the said rods pass. The clamps have set-screws g, whereby the curved rods C can be held in any position Within the range of their movement.

I claim as my invention- In combination with the body A, having it upper end open, as shown, and the upper edges of its sides inclined toward the end of the bottom b, the head-piece B, composed of the segmental sides d d and the headboard e, the said segmental sides being` situated eXte- 5 5 riorly of the sides a of the said'body, and the head-board hinged to the said bottom Z), Ysubstantially as specified.

ALFRED T. VANNERSON.

Vitnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, JNO. T. MADDOX. 

